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If you have been paying attention to the Mediator’s Minute updates, you know that Governor Newsom vetoed the “No Robo Bosses” bill on October 13, 2025.  However, as you can see from the above photo, Google’s AI search results on October 9, 2025, several days before the October 13th veto, incorrectly announced that the bill, SB-7, had in fact been signed into law by the Governor on that then-future date. A good reminder to always check AI-generated search results.

As has been widely reported, in absence of comprehensive federal legislation, all 50 states have taken up the mantle and are introducing—and passing—legislation to regulate AI in their respective jurisdictions. Here in California there have been myriad proposals wending their way through the legislature, and state and local agencies have been active as well.